Reply to post: Re: Entertainment system pen testing

Buffer overflow flaw in British Airways in-flight entertainment systems will affect other airlines, but why try it in the air?

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Re: Entertainment system pen testing

Let me guess, you drive an Audi?

The radio has a speed-dependant volume (marketed as gala effect), so it has a speed pulse input. Being German, they work natively in SI units.

The first generation of it used a dedicated pin that delivered a pulse, the frequency of which indicated the speed. Later iterations used the CAN bus which also negated the need to enter a PIN after changing battery etc as it keyed itself to the serial number of the dash ECU.

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